Mating Call (Брачный призыв)

Giclée Print on Canvas
Limited Edition of 250
28" x 36" (70cm x 90 cm)

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Original Painting – 1990,  Acrylic on Canvas

^{Under the Soviet regime Chetkov had suffered a life of displacement, imprisonment, and war. As an abstract artist and free thinker, he had been ostracized by his peers and was denied honorable status by the Official Union of Soviet Artists.}

^{Now, with the fall of the USSR, he would celebrate!}

^{Between 1989 and 1991, in one of the most prolific periods of his long career, Chetkov, in his 60s and going strong, painted with an unfettered level of energy and confidence.}

‍^{With adventurous color palettes and larger surfaces allowing for more movement, he subconsciously created a parallel narrative to the unfolding events and social changes around him.}

Theodora Clarke, Russian Art Scholar, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London‍

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